"Radagast!" Gandalf cried. At this point, everybody put heir weapons away. "What on earth are you doing here?"

If the company had known the modern language and slang, they would've referred to the brown wizard as an 'Old Homeless Hippie' but fortunately, for our sake and theirs, they don't.

Radagast and Gandalf went off to the side away from the company and began negotiating in a private conversation. Both seems intrigued and worried about what the other had to say. Ori caught a glimpse of the hilt of a sword that was wrapped and a tan cloth of leather. He couldn't make out what it was exactly but he didn't like the vibe it was giving off. He was just about to get a better look at it until they were interrupted by a large howl.

A warg, about three times the size of a grey wolf, came pounding down the green and dirt covered slope and would've charged at Ori if Thorin hadn't sliced at it's head with an unknown and different sword.

"Warg scouts." Thorin said, breathing heavily. "Which means an orc pack is not far behind."

"Orc pack?!" Bilbo exclaimed, more frightened than usual.

"Who did you tell about your quest beyond your kin?" Acacia said in a more demanding voice.

"No one." Thorin stated.

"Who did you tell!"

"No one I swear!" He exclaimed. "What in Durin's name is going on?"

"You are being hunted." Gandalf said before another warg shown up and charged at the company. Kili was quick enough to shoot him straight in the head and make his fall to the ground but didn't kill him so Dwalin came and finished the job.

"I'll draw them off." Acacia said.

"Wha-No! You're just a girl, they'll kill you!" Kili shouted. In all honesty, he just didn't want her getting hurt. She glared at him.

"I am a skin changer you dim wit." Gandalf seemed hesitant on allowing her to go but thought otherwise.

"I'll help her!" Radagast chimed in.

"These are Gundabad Wargs," the wizard said to the other wizard, "They will outrun you!"

"These are Rhosgobel Rabbits," Acacia smirked when Radagast said that. "I'd like to see them try."

Gandalf didn't know what to say and was slightly bemused.

"I'll go on ahead Acacia, you catch up then meet back at your company when it deems safe." Radagast said to her, she nodded.

And off went the wizard, they say.

Gandalf lead them through rocky plains and small valleys when he thought it was an appropriate time for Acacia to change. She obliged and ran out into the open and jumping into a beautiful, large creature.

A dire wolf.

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Yet this one was different, her fur was all white with a bit of black near her chest, sort of like a shadow, (just like Shadowfax) had the same color eyes as she usually does and was about the same size as the Wargs. Everyone looked in awe at her before having to find another hiding place. She started sprinting on all fours across the valley, leading them in circles and they eventually lost her to follow Radagast. She looked over at the company, who was now hiding behind a large boulder with a Warg on top of it and an Orc mounted on it. Thorin told Kili to shoot it through eye contact and Kili notched his arrow and thought, this is my chance to impress him, don't mess up. Before he released the arrow, a large, white dire wolf attacked the Warg instead, killing the Orc instantly. Thanks alot Acacia, Kili thought, Uncle Thorin will never think I'm good enough.

The Warg was knocked over and seemed to have broken a leg so he started howling, giving away their position. Acacia quickly sunk her fangs in its neck and roughly threw it against the side of the boulder. The group ran off and went into an isolated area, which caused them to be circled.

"Where's Gandalf?" One yelled out.

"Curse that wizard! He's abandoned us again." Thorin shouted. "Stand and fight!"

Acacia bounded towards one Warg and finished it off quickly before dozens of others came. She ran back to where the company was, she couldn't face them all at once.

"Kili!" Thorin said, "Shoot them!"

Kili took out his arrows, finally getting the chance to impress him, and shot and the lot of them, though there were still more. The enemy bounded towards them and it was all a blur. Wolf on Warg, Dwarf on Orc, Hobbit on, well nothing really. Thankfully, in the name of Arda, Gandalf showed up from behind a rock and gestured for them to follow him.

"This way you fools!" He shouted, before disappearing in an unseen crevice. They all followed and hopped in while Thorin was making sure they got in safely, and that all of them got in.

"Kili! Acacia!" He exclaimed, causing Kili to slide into the passage. Acacia just finished off a Warg when she leaped in and turned back into a human as she landed on her feet, causing her to roll. She noticed a large scratch on her left forearm. Good thing her left is her recessive arm, not dominant.

"Your hurt-"

"I'm fine." She bit back, cutting the beardless dwarf off. She was still not in the mood for him. He was about to say something when a loud horn cut him off.

"That is no orc horn." (Yeah lines from LOTR ik lool) She said, causing everyone to turn and look at her. Before it got too awkward for her, an ugly and smelly orc tumbled down in front of them. In an instant, everyone's weapons were pointing at it but it didn't move. Thorin bent over the corpse and tugged an arrow out of it's neck. He examined it lightly before smacking it on the ground.

"Elves." He spat. Everyone gave disgusted faces besides, Gandalf, Acacia, and Bilbo. Acacia has a good companionship with the High-Elves and Sea-Elves, yet the Wood-Elves hate her for always entering their realms. Mirkwood, to be accurate. Not all Silvan Elves hate her, but most dislike her. Though she must admit, the prince of Mirkwood is pretty damned sexy. Even the head of the elven guard, Tauriel.

Dwalin ran up ahead the tunnel and shouted, "I cannot see where the pathway leads, do we follow it or not?"

"Follow it of course!" Oin said. Everyone started making their way towards it, and entering in a line.

"Where are you leading us?" Thorin asked, a bit aggravated by the almost encounter with the elves. Gandalf didn't reply, but if he did, nobody heard it. Thorin huffed and squeezed in while Acacia walked by Gandalf with a smug look on her face.

"So are you sure you don't know that you're leading us to Rivendell?" She teased. Gandalf chuckled at his little, yet big when she wants to, friend.

Acacia walked over to the group that was nearer to her age. That group consisted of Fili, Kili, Ori, and Bilbo, who looked very uncomfortable.

"Hello Acacia." Ori said kindly to her while writing on an empty page in a moleskin book. Fili, Kili, and Bilbo turned to look at her and Kili rolled his eyes at her presence. She gave him a cold stare before turning her attention back to Ori.

"Hello Ori, what is that you are working on?"

"Well I'm writing about our adventures. I really enjoy writing." He said. Acacia thought it was absolutely adorable how he sounded like an innocent little child all the time.

"Oh? I did not know that. Look's like we have a scribe in our group."

"Oh Durin, Acacia, that scratch looks like it hurt. You should probably get it cleaned up. Kili could do it, he would always help me with scars back home." Fili said to her, examining her arm.

"Please, like I would help her. She deserves to bleed anyways." Kili spat. Ouch. Fili smacked his brothers arm.

"Hey, that wasn't very nice. Now go and apologize."

"No it's fine. I do believe we will have somewhere else to heal it soon," she said, referring to Rivendell. "And besides, I highly doubt that Kili has any skill in the art of healing. He'd probably make the cut bigger on purpose." She retorted. He scoffed. The dwarves around them just sighed and rolled their eyes, including the hobbit.

Soon enough, they heard the faint sound of a waterfall amongst the rocks. They walked on for a few moments until reaching an opening and their eyes met beautiful buildings upon beautiful rocks and gardens.

"The Hidden Valley of Imladris. The Last Homely House. Of course in the common tongue it is known by another name…." said Gandalf.

"Rivendell." Bilbo breathed.

Acacia has visited Rivendell a few times, she was friends with the Lady Arwen and would often meet one of her friends, Malundomiel (from my other story I know) there. Everyone would call her Mal though. At least those who weren't frightened of her.

"This was your plan all along." Thorin said in an angry voice. "To have us take shelter with our enemies!"

"You have no enemies here," said the wizard. "The only ill is what you bring upon yourself!"

"You think the elves would give our quest their blessing? They would only try to stop us!" Thorin shouted.

"Of course they will! But we have questions that need to be answered. If we are to be successful this will need to be handled with tact, and respect, and a small degree of charm. Which is why you will leave the talking to me." Gandalf said before walking off. They all shook their heads but followed him nonetheless.

When they reached the stone platform attached to a pathway they just walked, an elf, Lindir to be exact, descended down the stairs and towards the group.

"Mithrandir," he said while examining them,"and... Acacia?"

"Iston i nif lin,"(I know you're face) Acacia started, "Mae govannen, Lindir." (Well met, Lindir.) He nodded back with a smile in greeting.

"Lindir," Gandalf started, "I wish to speak to your Lord Elrond."

"I'm sorry Gandalf, I'm afraid my Lord Elrond is not here." As he said that, the same horn they heard from earlier called in the distance and a bunch of horses came towards them. All the dwarves gathered in a circle while Bofur pulled Bilbo in and Kili pulled Acacia in, keeping a protective arm around her waist. Yes, he does care for her, but would never, ever, admit it. Though she didn't compain about the strong hand that was resting on her hip.

The horses with Elves mounted on it started trotting around the small group until they soon all stopped.

"Mellon nin!" (My friend!) Gandalf and Acacia said at the same time, getting Elronds attention. Acacia went to him, causing Kili to let go of her waist and realizing that he has been holding on to her this entire time, and they hugged eachother like good friends.

"Sevig thu uan." (You smell like monster) Elrond said, taking a whiff of her before moving on to Gandalf and giving him a hug.

"I'm aware of that thank you very much." She huffed. The Elf and Wizard soon let go of eachother.

"Strange for Orcs to venture so close to our borders," Elrond said, holding up one of the Orcs weapons, "Someone, or something, must have drawn them near." He immedeately looked at Acacia. "Man agoreg?"(What did you do?) He asked her while sighing.

"Why do you immediately assume I did something?"

"Because I found this," he said while holding up a bundle of white fur, "where the battle scene was." Acacia said nothing but grinned sheepishly.

"Well that was probably us." Thorin spoke up. Elrond turned towards him.

"Welcom to Imladris, Thorin, son of Thrain. I knew your father very well."

"Funny. He never made any mention of you." Thorin said to the Elf lord with much sass. Elrond was quiet for a moment.

"Nartho i noer, toltho i viruvor. Boe i annam vann a nethail vin." (Light the fires, bring forth the wine. We must feed our guests.) Elronds says, staring directly at Thorin.

"What does he say, does he offer us insults!?"

"No Master Gloin, he is offering you food." Gandalf says to the auburn haired dwarf.

"Well in that case, lead on."

Acacia drifted away from the group, going to the apothecary to fix up her arm. After she got that done, she went to her room, which was the same room she stays in every time she's there. As she was turning on a corner, she ran into another body who was much taller than she was. She looked up and met the face of her old friend.

"Malundomiel?"

"Acacia?"

They tackled each other with hugs and kept talking to each other at the same time.

"What in the world are you doing here?" Acacia asked Mal.

"I'm not really in the mood for traveling and Gandalf said he's going on this quest with a bunch of dwarves so I thought I'd stay here for a bit!" Mal said excitedly. "Now what are you doing here?"

"Well I'm here with Gandalf! Well, Thorin Oakenshield that is. Theres a total number of twelve dwarves and a hobbit."

"I'd love to meet them during dinner, but let's get you ready first, you look awful and smell like orc."

"Yes I'm aware, Elrond has just told me that a few minutes ago." They laughed as they went to Acacia's room.

"I'll go get you something to wear while you go bathe." Mal said to her, Acacia nodded.

"Where's Arwen? I haven't seen her yet. Is she still seeing that Aragorn?" Acacia asked. She didn't know what to think of Aragorn. It wasn't his fault about what happened to her parents because he didn't know of it at the time but still, he is a man of the Dunedain.

"She's visiting Galadriel down in Lorien and honestly I don't know much about them two, whenever I ask, she just blushes. Now go, freshen up." Mal said, walking out of the room. Acacia obeyed as she undressed and stepped into the warm water that the maids had just poured while they were talking. It didn't take her long to clean and when she got out, she noticed a beautiful sky blue dress lined with gold seams laying on her bed. It was a long sleeve dress, but the fabric was thin so it would give her just the right temperature. She slipped it on and it fit perfectly. She had two fishtail braids on each side of her hair and all four met half way with a big sailor knot braid. Her look at the moment gave away her feminine beauty and would immediately have men falling at her feet. She heard the door open and close.

"You look absolutely gorgeous." Mal said, smiling at her best friend.

"Why thank you Milady, you look quite stunning yourself." Acacia said and they both laughed. "Now come on, I have to introduce you to the company."

They walked into the dining room and noticed the elves were on one side and the dwarves were on the other. After a small internal battle, they decided to sit with the dwarves.

"Boys, this is Malundomiel, but you can call her Mal for short." She said. "Mal, this is Thorin Oakenshield, the leader of our company, Balin, Dwalin, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Ori, Nori, Dori, Fili, and Kili." She said finally, pointing at the dwarf who had his mouth agape at the sight of her. No doubt she was beautiful, Kili knew that from when he first saw her, but now she looked absolutely stunning. He noticed the other dwarves staring too and he glared at them, besides Thorin of course, who was looking at Mal. Thorin, of course, knew who she was. The dark witch. Though he heard her story so decided not to say anything about it. A few of the other dwarves noticed, too but kept their mouth shut. The two took a seat across Fili and Kili, Mal across Fili, Acacia across Kili. Mal noticed the stares between Kili and Acacia, though their eyes held both hate and passion. Basically, confusion. They saw Ori holding up a piece of lettuce.

"C'mon Or, just try it." Dori encouraged.

"I don't like green food." He said as he dropped the leaf in the bowl. "Have they got any chips?"

They chatted amongst eachother about the usual, messing around and for Acacia and Mal, getting to know each other more. Mal felt the tension between Kili and Acacia, who hadn't spoken to each other the entire time, and wasn't sure it if was good or bad.

"So Acacia, any boys in your life yet?" Mal said quirking an eyebrow, teasing her friend.

"Well... to be honest I met this one guy in the Realm of Lindon." Kili's ears perked up and jealousy has taken over.

"Oh please," Kili started, "No man would want you. Other than for a pet."

"Well no dwarf woman would want a beardless dwarf so I wouldn't be talking." She replied quickly and they glared holes into each other. Each dwarf and hobbit stopped what they were doing and looked at the two.

"Awkward." Nori said, breaking the silence. Dinner was soon over and everybody went their own ways.

It was already nightfall and the two were back in Acacia's room.

"So," Mal started, "Kili's pretty cute eh?" Acacia blushed at that, she wasn't sure why though.

"Nope. I absolutely hate that... That... Tetrad titty tosser!" Acacia shouted while Mal let out a loud laugh.

"You know he doesn't have four nipples."

"We don't know."

"Besides, I wouldn't be talking. You actually have four nipples."

"Six nipples. SIX nipples. And only in wolf form." Acacia declared as they laughed.

They chatted along until Mal had to leave to go to bed and Acacia fell asleep.

~

Kili was told to tell Acacia that they are planning to leave early in the morning, before the elves could stop them. So he was just sent there to tell her to wake up early. Gandalf would catch up with them somewhere in the trek of the Misty Mountains.

He entered her room and opened the door slowly, knowing she was asleep. It was absolutely pitch black so he opened a few of the curtains to let the moonlight in. When he turned around, Acacia was sleeping soundly with sheets covering her little body. She looked absolutely adorable.

He cursed at himself for thinking that.

He tried waking her up gently but she still didn't wake. Did I mention she's a very deep sleeper? He shook her but she still didn't wake. After a while of trying, he removed her hair from her face and leaned into her ear.

"Acacia, wake up now, love." He doesn't know what compelled him to say that but he did. He whispered things in her ear until she moved and mumbled something. Soon enough he felt small arms wrap around his waist and pulled him into the bed. He was wearing nothing but leggings and a faded blue cotton shirt and he didn't know what to do but he certainly liked the feel of her arms around him. After a few moments, he decided to lay down next to her and head to bed, he was getting awfully tired. He put her head on his left shoulder and placed his right arm around her small, sleeping form. There legs tangled together and soon Kili drifted off into goodnight sleep.

~

"They look adorable together." Balin cooed.

"Acacia told me she hated him." Mal said.

"Kili told me he hated her." Fili said.

"Why did I somehow know that this was gonna happen?" Thorin said, sighing dramatically.

"So I guess their courting now?' Bofur asked hopefully.

"What on earth are you guys talking about?" Acacia said, while yawning, obviously just aroused from her deep and peaceful sleep. She tried getting up but noticed something restraining her. When she looked down, she screamed. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING?"

"Well there goes the courting theory." Bofur said sighing. Kili got up and wiped the sleep out of his eyes. He saw Acacia glaring at him with a red face and he just realized what was going on.

"Look I can explain-"

"Yeah explain!" She shouted.

"I was trying to wake you up cause Thorin told me to tell you that we were to departure early but then you grabbed me onto the bed and I didn't know what to do so I just fell asleep okay." He said to her, trying to sound as innocent as possible.

"Can you repeat that? I'm trying to write this down." Ori said politely. "I would like a good love story in my notes."

Everyone burst out laughing besides Kili and Acacia who were glaring at each other whilst blushing.

"Well come one you two love birds, we have to be off soon." Dori said to them.

And that they were. Leaving, not love birds.